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Wisconsin Angler Lands Potential World-Record Brown in Lake Michigan
Wisconsin Angler Lands Potential World-Record Brown in Lake Michigan
Roger Hellen likely set a new world record when he hauled this 41-pound, 8-ounce brown trout from Lake Michigan Friday July, 16, during the 35th annual Salmon-A-Rama Sportfishing Tournament in Racine, Wisconsin. Hellen (right, with fishing partner Joe Miller) boated the big brown while trolling off Wind Point, north of Racine.
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Photos courtesy of Mary Lee Both-Hetland.
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Wow nice fish congrats only one bigger in the world that has been caught
"As brown trout grow older and larger, they convert from bank hugging, bug sipping, minnow grabbing nibblers to ravenous predators inhaling any chunk of protein that fits in their mouth."
Think this guy has reached stage 2 yet?
wow congrats! Ive seen browns hammering smelt as they run. Its no wonder they get this big.
Congratulations! Wow, what a monster!!
Amazing. The last couple of years have been fantastic for big fish. Who knows what's next.
Biggest brown trout I have ever seen. Amazing fish, great story, loved it.
holy that thing is a beast
monster fish i think the west side of MI and east side of WI is were the next big ones will come from looking at the genes from the past 2 years
global warming...
Nice fish and pretty too. A lot of these huge fish are downright ugly. Distended bellies and weirdly shaped. This still looks like a fish.
It looks to be natural, not one of those triploid freaks.
Beautiful fish! You know what would have looked even better? A responsible angler releasing it after careful measurement and weighing on the boat.
Congratulations! Could my daughter play a fish like that on her 4 wt fly rod?
David Bershtein
www.fishingwithdaughters.com
ive never seen a brown that big its huge thats the fish of my dreams
haha he caught the big one.
this guy has never fished for taimen...
That fish would look a whole lot bigger if that big boy wasn't holding it.
Thet is a My-T-Fine Fish!
Congratulations!
Lego my fish!
I like to have their secret weapon to catch a giant! Congrats!
Congratulations!
Nice catch!
According to the IGFA, this fish (if it is only 1oz larger than the MI brown caught last September) will not replace it as the new world record, but instead will be recognized as a tie. But either way, still an awesome fish, and it should be a world record if not THE world record. Good year for Lake Michigan browns.
2. To replace a record fish weighing 25 pounds (11.33 kg) or more, the replacement must weigh at least one half of 1 percent more than the existing record. Ex: At 100 pounds (45.35 kg) the additional weight required would be 8 ounces (226.7 gm); at 200 pounds (90.71 kg) the additional weight required would be 1 pound (.453 kg). (FROM THE IGFA WEBSITE)
Wow nice catch!Looks like he put up a fight.
Of course there are larger and larger fish being caught now. Its because guys my age [baby-boomers] are giving up fishing as they get older and the fish are living longer. You can look for new records being set for a long time to come - - at least until the Mexicans figure out that eating fish is a good thing. When that happens, its all over >> NO MORE FISH!
All the best,
BuzGuy
BIG FISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice fish
Congrats on an amazing fish those posting anything negative about his accoplishment are just showing their immaturity and jealousy
someone call the taxidermist
Don't feel bad for not putting that fish back in the drink...
I just came out of the mountains from a one week elk hunt and a guy found one heck of a whitetail deer skull (antlers full in tact). Thing must have died from old age. It should score around 190- 200... I'll be posting pics soon.
It's the Lake Michigan Monster!!!!!!!! Oh wait, that's just a forty pound brown trout.
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"As brown trout grow older and larger, they convert from bank hugging, bug sipping, minnow grabbing nibblers to ravenous predators inhaling any chunk of protein that fits in their mouth."
Think this guy has reached stage 2 yet?
Wow nice fish congrats only one bigger in the world that has been caught
Don't feel bad for not putting that fish back in the drink...
I just came out of the mountains from a one week elk hunt and a guy found one heck of a whitetail deer skull (antlers full in tact). Thing must have died from old age. It should score around 190- 200... I'll be posting pics soon.
Of course there are larger and larger fish being caught now. Its because guys my age [baby-boomers] are giving up fishing as they get older and the fish are living longer. You can look for new records being set for a long time to come - - at least until the Mexicans figure out that eating fish is a good thing. When that happens, its all over >> NO MORE FISH!
All the best,
BuzGuy
someone call the taxidermist
Amazing. The last couple of years have been fantastic for big fish. Who knows what's next.
Nice fish and pretty too. A lot of these huge fish are downright ugly. Distended bellies and weirdly shaped. This still looks like a fish.
It looks to be natural, not one of those triploid freaks.
Congratulations! Wow, what a monster!!
holy that thing is a beast
Lego my fish!
According to the IGFA, this fish (if it is only 1oz larger than the MI brown caught last September) will not replace it as the new world record, but instead will be recognized as a tie. But either way, still an awesome fish, and it should be a world record if not THE world record. Good year for Lake Michigan browns.
2. To replace a record fish weighing 25 pounds (11.33 kg) or more, the replacement must weigh at least one half of 1 percent more than the existing record. Ex: At 100 pounds (45.35 kg) the additional weight required would be 8 ounces (226.7 gm); at 200 pounds (90.71 kg) the additional weight required would be 1 pound (.453 kg). (FROM THE IGFA WEBSITE)
wow congrats! Ive seen browns hammering smelt as they run. Its no wonder they get this big.
monster fish i think the west side of MI and east side of WI is were the next big ones will come from looking at the genes from the past 2 years
Biggest brown trout I have ever seen. Amazing fish, great story, loved it.
I like to have their secret weapon to catch a giant! Congrats!
Congratulations! Could my daughter play a fish like that on her 4 wt fly rod?
David Bershtein
www.fishingwithdaughters.com
Nice catch!
Wow nice catch!Looks like he put up a fight.
BIG FISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats on an amazing fish those posting anything negative about his accoplishment are just showing their immaturity and jealousy
Nice fish
Thet is a My-T-Fine Fish!
Congratulations!
It's the Lake Michigan Monster!!!!!!!! Oh wait, that's just a forty pound brown trout.
ive never seen a brown that big its huge thats the fish of my dreams
Congratulations!
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That fish would look a whole lot bigger if that big boy wasn't holding it.
haha he caught the big one.
this guy has never fished for taimen...
global warming...
Beautiful fish! You know what would have looked even better? A responsible angler releasing it after careful measurement and weighing on the boat.
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